Once again, MP Abdullahi Hashi Abib is warning the public, the UN and the international donors that the Somali government is teetering on the edge of imminent collapse. In a letter to the UN and international donors with the subject line, “Urgent Appeal to Prevent the Collapse of Constitutional Order, Democratic Governance, and Imminent Fall of Government in Somalia,” MP Abib warns of the severe and imminent consequences of the “systematic erosion of Somalia’s democratic institutions, the illegal consolidation of power by the executive branch, and the accelerating drift toward authoritarianism and state collapse – all occurring under the watch of international partners whose investments and legitimacy are at stake.”
MP Abib accuses the President and Prime Minister of having “transformed the highest offices of the state into partisan tools, having jointly formed and now lead a political party while still in office.”
He added, “This has precipitated the collapse of political neutrality in government institutions and enabled a single-party dominance that endangers the legitimacy of elections and national unity.”
MP Abib notes the following key developments:
1. Unilateral Appointment of the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC): Violating Article 111G of the Provisional Constitution, appointments were made without meaningful consultation with opposition leaders or civil society. This has rendered the NIEC illegitimate and politically captured
2. Coercion of Federal Member States (FMSs): Some of FMS Presidents (South West, Hirshabeele, Galmudug, and SSC Khaatumo) were pressured and coerced into joining the President’s party, removing any hope of regional neutrality. This is a gross abuse of federal principles and renders the National Consultative Council (NCC) – the body responsible for managing national elections – a partisan extension of the executive.
3. Civil Servants and Security Forces Used for Political Repression: State employees are being forced to join the ruling party, while national security forces have been used to intimidate, silence, and harass those who criticize or refuse to submit. Freedom of speech has become dangerous, and independent politics, nearly impossible.
MP Abib, to help prevent irreversible state collapse, urges the UN and international donors to:
1. Suspend all funding on electoral institutions and entities under partisan control until credible reforms are enacted.
2. Impose targeted sanctions on Somali officials obstructing democratic processes and using state power to intimidate citizens and opposition figures.
3. Demand the removal of partisan officials (including the Deputy Speaker) from institutional leadership posts to restore constitutional neutrality.
4. Mandate that 50% of the NIEC members must come from recognized opposition groups, and the rest from the ruling party, to ensure electoral fairness.
5. Call for an emergency international summit to reassess electoral support and democratic guarantees in Somalia, before further resources are wasted and credibility lost.
MP Abib emphasizes that President Hassan Sheikh’s latest actions are “deliberate and well-coordinated dismantling of Somalia’s post-conflict democratic recovery.”
He also urges international partners not to remain passive, otherwise they “will bear responsibility for the collapse of a state they have invested in since 1991.”
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